Re: how to delete a file and submit that change as a patch?

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Larry McVoy wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 04:53:35AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   i've checked the FAQ and helptool and i don't see the explanation
> > for what should be (i hope) a simple task:  i want to delete a file
> > from a cloned repo, and submit that deletion as a unified patch
> > upstream to the powers that be.  (there will be some editing as part
> > of that patch, but that i can handle.  it's the file deletion i'm not
> > how to make part of the patch.)
>
> Unfortunately, the current BK doesn't generate deletions as diffs.  When
> we wrote the diff tools for BK we were thinking about BK which handles
> moves and deletions as first class operations.
>
> Regular diff will present a remove as a diff against the file and /dev/null.
> You could simulate that with a script.  It's a bit awkward, I admit, and
> I have an internal tree where this is fixed but that doesn't do you much
> good right now.
>
> Can't you send your diff as a BK patch?

that is, by running "bk cset"?  is that what you're referring to?
i'll take a look at it -- until now, i've submitted my patches using
"bk -r diffs -u", but i'm open to other techniques.

rday
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